Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-10-14
DAILY HERALD.
ABOUT JOCKES.
HBoys vino are Likely TO Get Rich
or Break Their Necks.

HsOys VINO are Likely TO Get Esich
or Break Their Necks.
To be good jockey requires great
deal of hard work, nerve and patience,
and those who are popular now have
worked hard for years to earn their
regulations. All the big jockeys have
commenced to work when very young,
and those that are young now and
Just beginning to ride in races all hope
that some day thev will be as good
riders as Mclaughlin, Garrison, Hay
ward and others. If boy wants TO
become jockey he must be very fond
of horses, and not at all afraid of
them, and he must become attached
to racing stable when he is very
young, about twelve years old. When
he first enters the stables he will be
put to work as a stable boy, and have
to carry water to the horses, make up
the bedding, clean harness and lead
the horses for exercise.
He will find that the work is not
easy. He will be at the beck and
call of every one in the stable, and if
he wants to succeed in the profession
he has chosen must be willing to
work. During the racing season the
boys are all in bed at or 8 O'Clock at
night at the latest, and they are all on
the track with their horses by sunrise
the next morning. All the work done
in training the horses is done at dawn.
The next move good boy will get is
to have horse given him to rub
down and to keep clean. In this posi-
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if he is bright boy he is allowed to
ride horse in his exercise gallops.
This is as far as many OF the boys
ever rise, because the next position is
that of a jockey. TO be a jockey a
boy must have lots of nerve, have a
cool head, and be a good rider. He
must be good judge of pace, and
know very nearly how fast the horses
are going along. If trainer thinks
boy could be trusted with horse in a
race he gives him mount in some
unimportant race, and then if the boy
does we'll he will soon rise to the top
of the tree. A Jockeys pay is good.
Mclaughlin gets 900 year from
the Dwyer Brothers, Isaac Murphy
gets $40 900 a year from Lucky Bald
win, Fitzpatrick gets $4,000 year
from the Fairfax stable, and Garrison
gets $4,000 year from Captain S. S.
Brown others get paid in proportion
according to their abilities. All these
riders are allowed to accept outside
mounts, that is, they are allowed to
ride for any one when they are not
wanted by the stable to which they
are engaged. For these outside mounts
they are paid $25 if they win and $40
if they lose. But very often when
they win big race they get much
larger fees. Mccarthy got $4,000 for
winning the Brooklyn handicap on
Dry Monopole, and last year Fitz-
patrick was paid $4,000 for winning the
Suburban on Troubadour for Captain
Brown. Some of the jockeys spend
the money they make as fast as they
get it, but others save it, and many OF
them now are very rich men.
The dangers Of Jockeys life are
very great. They may be thrown in a
race at any time, and be trampled to
death by horses behind them. The
horse they are riding may fall down
and by rolling on them may kill them.
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race against other horses, or against
the rails, that their legs are broken,
and sometimes the horses they
handle are so savage that they kick
and bite the boys.
When a boy decides to become a
jockey he must make up his mind
either to make his fortune or to break
his neck. One of the best trainers
for jockeys in this country is Father
Bill Daily. He taught Mclaughlin
and Garrison to ride, and was making
a good lightweight of Little Moran
when he was killed at Brighton
Beach last VI ar. He is now teaching
Palmer to ride. In some of the
stables the boys are treated very well.
They all have to live on the track,
and some of the large stables, like the
Fairfax, Haggin's and Dwyers' have
rooms fitted up for the boys, where
they can learn to read and write, and
have a good library of good books for
them to read in their leisure time.
In addition to other things jockey
must have strong constitution.
When they have to ride in races they
must not exceed the weight that the
horse has to carry, and to get to this
weight they have to train. There are
several ways they have OF getting off
flesh. One is by taking medicine,
but that is not a safe way. One is by
taking Turkish baths, but the most
popular way is by taking lots OF exer-
else with heavy clothing on.-[Loui-
vile Courier-Journal.